Variability in the perception of palliative care and end-of-life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in Bahia, Brazil: A descriptive cross-sectional study
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: There are several illness-specific cultural and system-based barriers to palliative care (PC) integration and end-of-life (EOL) care in the field of oncohematology. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the variability in the perceptions of PC and EOL care. DESIGN AND S...
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| author | Diego Lopes Paim Miranda Alini Maria Orathes Ponte Silva David Pereira Ferreira Laís Teixeira da Silva Liliane Lins-Kusterer Edvan de Queiroz Crusoé Marianna Batista Vieira Lima Marco Aurélio Salvino |
| author_facet | Diego Lopes Paim Miranda Alini Maria Orathes Ponte Silva David Pereira Ferreira Laís Teixeira da Silva Liliane Lins-Kusterer Edvan de Queiroz Crusoé Marianna Batista Vieira Lima Marco Aurélio Salvino |
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| description | ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: There are several illness-specific cultural and system-based barriers to palliative care (PC) integration and end-of-life (EOL) care in the field of oncohematology. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the variability in the perceptions of PC and EOL care. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Hematology Division of our University Hospital in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. METHODS: Twenty physicians responded to a sociodemographic questionnaire and an adaptation of clinical questionnaires used in previous studies from October to December 2022. RESULTS: The median age of the participants was 44 years, 80% of the participants identified as female, and 75% were hematologists. Participants faced a hypothetical scenario involving the treatment of a 65-year-old female with a poor prognosis acute myeloid leukemia refractory to first-line treatment. Sixty percent of the participants chose to follow other chemotherapy regimens, whereas 40% opted for PC. Next, participants considered case salvage for the patient who developed septic shock following chemotherapy and were prompted to choose their most probable conduct, and the conduct they thought would be better for the patient. Even though participants were from the same center, we found a divergence from the most probable conduct among 40% of the participants, which was due to personal convictions, legal aspects, and other physicians’ reactions. CONCLUSIONS: We found considerable differences in the perception of PC and EOL care among professionals, despite following the same protocols. The study also demonstrated variations between healthcare professionals’ beliefs and practices and persistent historical tendencies to prioritize aggressive interventions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-89c50eb27d264fa1b830c3c98aff50f02024-02-27T07:38:59ZengAssociação Paulista de MedicinaSão Paulo Medical Journal1806-94602024-02-01142410.1590/1516-3180.2023.0255.r1.29112023Variability in the perception of palliative care and end-of-life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in Bahia, Brazil: A descriptive cross-sectional studyDiego Lopes Paim Mirandahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9107-5600Alini Maria Orathes Ponte Silvahttps://orcid.org/0009-0001-4864-2112David Pereira Ferreirahttps://orcid.org/0009-0003-0711-5812Laís Teixeira da Silvahttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0672-0079Liliane Lins-Kustererhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3736-0002Edvan de Queiroz Crusoéhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8599-4731Marianna Batista Vieira Limahttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-1391-8817Marco Aurélio Salvinohttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-869XABSTRACT BACKGROUND: There are several illness-specific cultural and system-based barriers to palliative care (PC) integration and end-of-life (EOL) care in the field of oncohematology. OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the variability in the perceptions of PC and EOL care. DESIGN AND SETTING: A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Hematology Division of our University Hospital in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. METHODS: Twenty physicians responded to a sociodemographic questionnaire and an adaptation of clinical questionnaires used in previous studies from October to December 2022. RESULTS: The median age of the participants was 44 years, 80% of the participants identified as female, and 75% were hematologists. Participants faced a hypothetical scenario involving the treatment of a 65-year-old female with a poor prognosis acute myeloid leukemia refractory to first-line treatment. Sixty percent of the participants chose to follow other chemotherapy regimens, whereas 40% opted for PC. Next, participants considered case salvage for the patient who developed septic shock following chemotherapy and were prompted to choose their most probable conduct, and the conduct they thought would be better for the patient. Even though participants were from the same center, we found a divergence from the most probable conduct among 40% of the participants, which was due to personal convictions, legal aspects, and other physicians’ reactions. CONCLUSIONS: We found considerable differences in the perception of PC and EOL care among professionals, despite following the same protocols. The study also demonstrated variations between healthcare professionals’ beliefs and practices and persistent historical tendencies to prioritize aggressive interventions.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31802024000400203&tlng=enPalliative carePalliative medicineHematologyPerceptionEnd-of-life careOncohematologyVariability |
| spellingShingle | Diego Lopes Paim Miranda Alini Maria Orathes Ponte Silva David Pereira Ferreira Laís Teixeira da Silva Liliane Lins-Kusterer Edvan de Queiroz Crusoé Marianna Batista Vieira Lima Marco Aurélio Salvino Variability in the perception of palliative care and end-of-life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in Bahia, Brazil: A descriptive cross-sectional study São Paulo Medical Journal Palliative care Palliative medicine Hematology Perception End-of-life care Oncohematology Variability |
| title | Variability in the perception of palliative care and end-of-life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in Bahia, Brazil: A descriptive cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Variability in the perception of palliative care and end-of-life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in Bahia, Brazil: A descriptive cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Variability in the perception of palliative care and end-of-life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in Bahia, Brazil: A descriptive cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Variability in the perception of palliative care and end-of-life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in Bahia, Brazil: A descriptive cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Variability in the perception of palliative care and end-of-life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in Bahia, Brazil: A descriptive cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | variability in the perception of palliative care and end of life care among hematology professionals from the same reference center in bahia brazil a descriptive cross sectional study |
| topic | Palliative care Palliative medicine Hematology Perception End-of-life care Oncohematology Variability |
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